top of page

"Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism."

Katherine Gerould, American Author

Men, Altruism, Possession

8

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism."

Exlpore more Men quotes

"Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

"The men who followed Him were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because their hearts had been turned right side up. The world has never been the same."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Men, Right, World

"The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time, free and equal, is an utterly baseless fiction."

Thomas Huxley, English Scientist

Men, Time, Doctrine, Fiction

"There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

"Poor men's reasons are not heard."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

"Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

Men, Heart, Honor, Opinions

"All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

Men, Man, Right, Temptation

"When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

Men, Conservative, Nation

"Women may fall when there's no strength in men."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Men, Women, Strength, May

"Men's vows are women's traitors!"

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Explore more quotes by Katherine Gerould

"Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism."

Men, Altruism, Possession

"It is a poor cause which has to be lied for regularly."

"The insidiousness of science lies in its claim to be not a subject, but a method."

"No fashion has ever been created expressly for the lean purse or for the fat woman: the dressmaker's ideal is the thin millionaires."

bottom of page